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Two Offshore Patrol Vessels being built by BAE Systems in the UK for the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago take a step closer to completion this week.

Marcon International Inc of Coupeville, Washington in the USA has been appointed as broker by the court appointed Interim Receiver and Receiver of Redfern Resources Ltd of British Columbia in nearby Canada…

In a major report launched in Granada, Spain on Tuesday, scientists have sounded the alarm over the threats faced by coastal marine ecosystems such as tidal salt marshes, seagrass meadows, kelp forests…

Following the launch of the 17.8m passenger catamaran Rathlin Express at Arklow Marine Services in July this year, its sister ship, Lady Iona, also designed by Marine Design International (MDI) is currently…

The International WorkBoat Show, presented by America' s WorkBoat magazine, returns to the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans USA on 2-4 December.

Gulf Maritime sails into its seventh edition on the success of previous shows that have established its reputation as the region’ s most comprehensive maritime event.

Work to dredge a channel across the UK’ s River Tyne to make way for the second vehicle tunnel started last weekend.

Ports around England and Wales will have a new planning framework to work in when considering development, following the launch of the Government' s new National Policy Statement (NPS) for the sector…

Dutch companies Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and Smit Internationale N.V. (Smit) surprised the maritime world this morning with the announcement that they have in principle reached agreement on a full merger…

A major international exercise has been held to test the UK and French maritime rescue services plans to cope with a major maritime disaster in the Dover Strait. Manchex 2009 was the…

The third of a planned four new coastal patrol boats for service in the Baltic and North Sea has gone into operation for German river and coastal waterway authorities in Schleswig Holstein.

Thousands of workers at UK ports are set to benefit from higher safety standards following the recent launch of an updated Port Marine Safety Code by Transport Minister Paul Clark.

The call for the removal of the threat of retrospective ports rates in the UK has taken another topical turn, as many Members of Parliament who have been outraged by calls for…